The fog dispersed, and the seawater instantly rose to waist level.

Before long, the entire Mermaid Town would be swallowed by the sea.

The Split-Tail Mermaids were increasing in number, their movements rapid. None of the VIPs escaped, all of them having their brains sucked out.

Yu Youqing looked at the gradually rising seawater, the surface littered with floating corpses.

His face was pale, avoiding the corpses, dodging the mermaids’ pursuit.

Those Split-Tail Mermaids had all locked their hatred onto Doctor Yu, swinging their tails, converging on him.

They became these neither-human-nor-fish abominations all thanks to Doctor Yu.

They couldn’t distinguish. The Doctor Yu in this shell had long since been replaced.

There were too many mermaids, and Yu Youqing couldn’t avoid them all. Seven or eight long tongues simultaneously shot out, piercing his skull like a sieve.

“…” Black, dark holes appeared on Yu Youqing’s skull, but nothing flowed out. The moment he fell, his pupils reflected the figure of Yu Youmian not far away.

At the moment he fell, he suddenly understood something.

Perhaps, switching back their bodies was intentional on Yu Youmian’s part.

The resentment of the Split-Tail Mermaids had condensed into an impenetrable black fog, already out of control.

Mermaids were cunning by nature, and he had once again let his guard down.

Yu Youqing’s eyes widened, carrying deep unwillingness even in death.

The Split-Tail Mermaids’ hatred for Doctor Yu was too deep. After Yu Youqing fell, the mermaids didn’t stop there.

More and more mermaids swarmed around him, tearing him to pieces. Bright red blood spread across the water’s surface.

–

Mermaid Town was a mess, completely submerged by the sea.

The resentment condensed into fog came from the Split-Tail Mermaids. Those newly transformed mermaids, their tails still complete, hadn’t yet become the irrational Split-Tail Mermaids, their eyeballs not yet turned completely white.

They had just been transformed from humans and still retained their human rationality.

But those Split-Tail Mermaids had lost their humanity.

This bloody, vengeful slaughter, in the end, not even the town residents were spared, all of them having their brains sucked out.

The fog was thick, the seawater surging, houses and trees were all destroyed by the flood, reduced to nothing.

Yu Youmian looked at the increasingly out-of-control Split-Tail Mermaids. The fog was spreading, the seawater slowly seeping in. If this continued, everyone would die.

It was time to end all of this.

The Split-Tail Mermaids all contained the serum of the real mermaid, unconditionally submitting to the real mermaid.

Thus, a shocking scene appeared on the sea surface.

All the mermaids lined up, automatically throwing themselves into the deep sea, completing a grand self-sacrifice.

Yu Youmian looked at the Split-Tail Mermaids falling one by one into the deep sea, his handsome and cold face without any extra emotion.

He looked up, gazing at the sky in the distance. On the misty sea surface, there seemed to be the shadow of a boat moving in this direction.

–

Zhuang Mu held the pearl, his gaze searching for Gu Lin’s figure, wanting to give him the pearl.

Yu Youmian had finally given him the pearl. Perhaps it wasn’t that he wanted to give it to him, but that he wanted to give it to Gu Lin.

Several players were clinging to the roof, desperately watching the rising seawater. Now there was no doubt they would die.

Zhuang Mu swam towards the players, his usually gentle and smiling face only filled with anxiety, “Where’s the kid?”

The several players couldn’t speak, and all shook their heads.

Gu Lin had been taken away by the Double-Cap Big Shot, but after the seawater rose, he disappeared, no one knew where he had been swept away.

The surrounding fog was thick, and the seawater was bottomless, making it difficult to discern direction.

At this time, a huge wave surged, and a giant tree nearby collapsed with a crash, about to smash into Lin Xingchi.

Lin Xingchi widened his eyes. The scene seemed to slow down, presented frame by frame in front of him, but he didn’t have time to dodge.

At the critical moment, a hand forcefully pushed him away.

“…” Lin Xingchi came back to his senses and saw Zhuang Mu, who had replaced him and was pierced through the body by the tree branch.

Blood spurted from the pierced area, and blood also flowed from Zhuang Mu’s mouth.

Lin Xingchi widened his eyes. After reacting, he immediately went forward, wanting to rescue Zhuang Mu.

However, it was useless. The waves were huge. The tree branch that had pierced Zhuang Mu’s body was as thick as a child’s arm, pinning him firmly to the tree.

Zhuang Mu kept coughing up blood, which was then washed away by the seawater. He handed over the pearl in his hand: “Give… to… kid…”

Lin Xingchi’s eyes were bloodshot. He trembled as he took the lustrous pearl, clutching it tightly in his palm, nodding solemnly.

A gentle smile appeared on Zhuang Mu’s lips, as always. The next second, a huge wave surged, breaking the trunk that had pierced Zhuang Mu.

Zhuang Mu, along with the tree trunk, was swept away by the flood, quickly disappearing into the torrent.

Lin Xingchi clutched the pearl tightly, looking in the direction Zhuang Mu had been swept away, tears falling in large drops.

–

On the sea surface not far away, there was indeed the shadow of a boat. Standing at the bow of the boat was the imposing figure of the mermaid town mayor wearing a fedora.

And beside the mermaid town mayor stood a teenager wearing a black windbreaker and two hats.

He was tall and lanky, leaning lazily against the mast with his arms crossed.

At his feet sat a tiny figure, a chubby little mermaid, none other than Gu Lin.

Gu Lin waved his little hand at the players: “Jiejie, dagege!”

The several players soon saw the Double-Cap Big Shot and Gu Lin on the boat, almost weeping with joy.

There was no hopeless situation. Perhaps they had a chance to survive.

The boat approached, and the Double-Cap Big Shot threw ropes to the players, pulling them onto the boat one by one.

However, at this moment, a huge wave crashed, the boat shook, almost capsizing. The players who had just been pulled onto the boat were thrown back into the sea by the huge wave.

The mermaid town mayor held onto his fedora, almost being knocked into the sea.

Gu Lin, who was sitting on the deck, xiu cleanly fell off the boat and into the sea.

“Aiya!”

A crisp, childish voice. He fell into the sea, not even splashing, and then there was no sign of him.

“?!” The Double-Cap Big Shot and the mermaid town mayor, seeing this, their expressions changed drastically. However, the next second, an even bigger wave crashed, and the two could only stabilize the boat first.

–

Gu Lin fell from the boat into the sea, and was quickly swept away by the waves.

He was really too small. Falling into the sea, he was tiny, and soon became a small dot.

The seawater was turbulent, the waves rolling.

Just as Gu Lin was about to be swept into a whirlpool, a sapphire blue fishtail emerged from the sea, lifting the little cub up.

Gu Lin was lifted out of the sea. He rubbed the water from his face with his little hand. Seeing who had rescued him, his eyes lit up: “Doctor-shushu!”

Yu Youmian picked him up and said, “I’ll take you back to the boat.”

Gu Lin obediently wrapped his arms around Doctor-shushu’s neck, nodding: “Mm-hmm!”

Scales had crawled up Yu Youmian’s cheek, but it wasn’t ugly, instead having a kind of bewitching beauty. He carried Gu Lin, swimming towards the boat.

When they could see the boat, the wind and rain stopped, and the waves calmed down.

Everything quieted down in an instant, no longer like the chaos earlier.

Yu Youmian carried Gu Lin and also stopped.

Gu Lin let out an “Eh,” surprised to pinch his own chubby little leg.

His little fishtail had disappeared, turning back into his original human legs.

And the moment he turned back into human legs, his clothes also changed back to his previous overalls.

Gu Lin blinked his big eyes: “Doctor-shushu, cub’s legs really turned back!”

A faint smile appeared on Yu Youmian’s usually cold, sculpture-like face, but he almost never smiled, so the smile was inevitably stiff, but it was incredibly beautiful.

The black fog gradually dissipated, revealing the starry sky above, unbelievably beautiful.

The danger had passed, and Yu Youmian wasn’t in a hurry to send Gu Lin back.

He looked up at the starry sky above and said, “Your favorite little stars.”

Mermaid Town could also see the stars, but there was no one left to appreciate the starry sky.

Gu Lin looked up at the sky full of little stars and couldn’t help but “Wow! So pretty!”

The cub’s childish little voice hummed: “Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are.”

Yu Youmian smiled: “You sing well.”

Hearing the praise, Gu Lin happily shook his little head and said, “Doctor-shushu, you should also go with Mayor-yeye and Zhuang Mu-gege to cub’s home to see the little stars.”

Yu Youmian was silent for a long time, then said, “Next time.”

Yu Youmian picked up Gu Lin and swam towards the boat not far away.

His movements were fast and agile, protecting Gu Lin well. Soon, he arrived at the side of the boat.

Yu Youmian surged upward with a column of water, the water column lifting him and Gu Lin until they were level with the boat deck.

On the boat stood the mermaid town mayor and the surviving players. Everyone’s gaze was focused on Yu Youmian and Gu Lin.

The mermaid town mayor looked at Yu Youmian and said, “Doctor Yu.”

Yu Youmian was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly, handing the cub in his arms to the town mayor.

The mermaid town mayor took Gu Lin onto the boat.

When Gu Lin was on the boat, he reached out his little hand to Yu Youmian: “Doctor-shushu, come up!”

However, Yu Youmian didn’t come up with them.

He looked at Gu Lin, a tear sliding from the corner of his eye, instantly solidifying into a lustrous pearl.

Yu Youmian placed the pearl in Gu Lin’s little hand and said, “This way, when you go home, your gege won’t beat you.”

Gu Lin clutched the lustrous pearl in his little hand. He seemed to realize something, and his little voice choked slightly: “Doctor-shushu…”

Yu Youmian showed him a smile, a smile that, after having smiled once, was much more natural.

The next second, Yu Youmian plunged into the deep sea.

The pearl formed from a mermaid’s tear can create illusions, and the condition for the illusion to become reality is—the mermaid’s sacrifice.

Yu Youmian plunged into the deep sea, his figure instantly swallowed by the seawater, no longer visible.

Gu Lin was stunned for a moment. When he reacted, he looked at the little pearl in his little hand, turned around, and threw himself into the mermaid town mayor’s arms, crying loudly: “Mayor-yeye…”

The mermaid town mayor stroked Gu Lin’s little head, looking at the sea surface, which had returned to calm, and sighed deeply.

The other players’ legs had also turned back, and they could speak again. However, at this moment, apart from sighing, no one knew what to say.

Mermaid Town was completely submerged by the sea. This source of evil, the seawater could swallow it, but it couldn’t wash away its sins.

In the deep night on the sea, only a solitary little boat remained, drifting aimlessly on the surface.

Overhead was the deep starry sky, full of little stars, shining brightly.

After this ordeal, all the players were exhausted, both physically and mentally. They lay down on the spot, looking up at the little stars in the sky, but no one could sleep.

Everything was like a nightmare. Now that the nightmare was over, they had reaped a sky full of stars.

Lin Xingchi was slumped weakly at the base of the mast, quietly looking at Gu Lin not far away. After watching for a while, he withdrew his gaze and looked at his arm.

A string of numbers appeared on his arm: 3416.

After a moment, he pulled down his sleeve, covering the numbers.

–

The boat drifted on the sea. He didn’t know how much time had passed. The stars in the sky gradually weakened and dimmed, seeming like it would soon be dawn.

The players looked at the time. There was less than an hour left until the game ended.

And barring any unexpected events, all the players currently on the boat would clear the instance.

Mermaid Town, a total wipeout, in the end, only the mermaid town mayor remained.

And the mermaid town mayor, at the last moment, had saved all the players.

The players’ hearts were filled with mixed feelings. On the one hand, they were grateful for the mermaid town mayor’s life-saving grace. On the other hand, it was the mermaid town mayor who, together with Yu Youmian, had turned them into mermaids.

Speaking of which, if it weren’t for this mermaid industry chain, if artificial fish weren’t produced, today’s tragedy wouldn’t have happened.

Li Nan couldn’t help but say: “The dead people and mermaids are so pitiful.”

Yes, so many people died, so many artificial fish transformed from humans, and in the end, the one who remained was one of the culprits who caused all of this.

The mermaid town mayor, hearing this, was silent for a long time, then smiled: “Pitiful? Is it the people who all died who are pitiful, or is it the one who remains who is pitiful?”

“…” The players were stunned.

The mermaid town mayor stood at the bow of the boat, facing away from them, his hands behind his back.

He was still wearing that worn and dirty fedora, but his straight back had stooped slightly.

At this time, a little hand reached out and gently grasped the mermaid town mayor’s old hand.

The little hand was soft and fleshy, so soft that it made one’s heart soften involuntarily.

The mermaid town mayor was stunned. He saw Gu Lin, who had walked up to him at some point, holding two of his fingers.

Gu Lin and Mayor-yeye stood side-by-side at the bow of the boat, looking at the scenery of the sea, and also at the sun that was about to rise.

After changing back into human legs, Gu Lin’s little tummy was starving. At this time, he was holding a bottle of milk in his arms, drinking milk.

His Ultraman backpack was back on his back.

The mermaid town mayor’s old face relaxed. He was indeed a baby who loved to eat.

The mermaid town mayor said, “Little doll, you see, Grandpa now has nothing. Even if you wanted to stay, Grandpa has nothing to pass on to you.”

The wrinkles on his bark-like skin had deepened considerably, no longer as imposing as before. “Grandpa is going to be all alone again.”

Gu Lin shook the mermaid town mayor’s two fingers with his little hand and said in a childish voice, “Grandpa still has a boat.”

“…” The mermaid town mayor was slightly stunned, then laughed.

Gu Lin sat down at the bow of the boat, patted the spot beside him with his little hand, signaling for Mayor-yeye to sit down too.

The mermaid town mayor looked down at this little doll for a moment, then sat down beside him.

Mermaid Town Mayor: “Little doll, Grandpa probably can’t go to your hometown to see the stars. Let’s watch the sunrise together, okay?”

Gu Lin was obedient and listened, sitting next to the mermaid town mayor, a tiny ball.

The old and the young, side-by-side, sat at the bow of the boat, waiting for the sunrise.

The sea breeze blew, the night was about to end, and the dawn was breaking.

On the eastern horizon, a glimmer of light faintly appeared.

Even if you have nothing left, the sun will still rise as usual.

Author’s Note:

The Mermaid Town instance is over. The next instance will be [Skeleton Kingdom]. We’ll put the psychiatric hospital a bit later ovo Limited space in the synopsis.

Here’s the synopsis for Skeleton Kingdom:

Skeleton: Little cub, do you want me to make you some bone broth? It helps with calcium, and calcium helps you grow taller.

Gu Lin inserted his little hand into the other person’s ribs and said: I want to eat pork rib porridge, bobo.

Skeleton: …

You’re not being polite at all.

Please look forward to it ·ω·。)